English Idioms: Drop the subject

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Lame duck
Meaning: Someone or something that is disabled, helpless, ineffective, or inefficient.
Example: What do you expect from a lame-duck mayor?

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Call off the dogs
Meaning: Said when you want someone to stop criticizing you.
Example: Please, call off the dogs. I apologize for what I have done.

English Idioms About “Men and women”
Idiom: Marked man (Also marked woman)
Meaning: The idiom marked man refers to someone who is singled out as a target for vengeance or attack.
Example: As a witness to the murder, he knew he was a marked man.

English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Dead meat
Meaning: Someone in danger of death or severe punishment.
Example: You’ll be dead meat if you go on treating these poor people like that.

English Idioms About “Relationship”
Idiom: The mother of all
Meaning: An extreme example which is the biggest, most impressive, or most important of its kind.
Example: Failure is the mother of all success.

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Shoulder to cry on
Meaning: Said about a person someone to whom you can tell your problems to and then ask for sympathy, emotional support and advice.
Example: Lacy needs a shoulder to cry on. Her father died yesterday.